Scholarships
Filipinos value education so much. Our club has raised funds to offer scholarships to students in CSUB.
Filipino Excellence Scholarship: The Filipino Excellence Scholarship is a CSUB initiative to increase access to a college education for academically sound and needy students with leadership potential. Students from CSUB's service area of Kern, Kings, Inyo, and Mono counties have been awarded the Filipino Excellence Scholarship since 1990 totaling over $60,000. These scholarships have helped students defray the student's financial cost at CSUB along with allowing them to realize a college education. You are invited to apply and be considered for a scholarship. The Filipino Excellence Scholarship is made possible by the contributions of the community, corporate sponsors, CSUB faculty, staff, and state lottery funds.
Applications for the Filipino Excellence Scholarship are reviewed as part of the Future Scholars Program. All new applicants, as well as continuing recipients, must explain the educational disadvantages he or she has faced during their college and/or high school education.
Typically, four (4) $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually.
Interested students must meet the following criteria:
1. Be of Filipino heritage (one parent fully Filipino or both parents half-Filipino).
2. Be a U.S. citizen, or provide proof of legal permanent resident status.
3. Have a minimum grade point average of 3.00.
4. Must be enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking program at CSUB.
Eligible applicants must submit the following (it is strongly suggested that all documents be submitted in one envelope):
1. The FilipinoExcellence Scholarship application. To be considered for thisscholarship the student must fully complete and sign the application.
2. Two letters of recommendation. One recommendation should be from an instructor in your major field of study, if possible. The other should be from a person able to provide information concerning the student’s character, ability, leadership, promise, and financial need.
3. A personal statement. Include a two-page, typed essay that addresses ALL of the following topics, giving specific examples: Filipinoheritage and family background. Personal and academic achievements. Academic plans and career goals. Past, current, and future efforts toward making a difference in the community. Financial need (include a copy of your 2003-04 Student Aid Report (SAR) and Financial Aid Award Letter, if you applied for financial aid).
4. An academic transcript or latest grade report
For more information about this scholarship please call (661) 654-2264.
